Deceleration

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  deceleration \deceleration\ n.
     a decrease in velocity. Opposite of {acceleration}
  
     Syn: slowing, retardation.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  deceleration
       n : a decrease in speed; "the deceleration of the arms race"
           [syn: {slowing}, {retardation}] [ant: {acceleration}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  71 Moby Thesaurus words for "deceleration":
     arrest, arrestation, catabasis, check, collapse, constraint,
     control, cooling, cooling down, cooling off, crash, curb,
     curtailment, declension, decline, decline and fall, decrescendo,
     delay, detention, diminuendo, dive, downtrend, downturn, drag,
     drop, dwindling, ease-off, ease-up, ebb, fall, flagging, hindrance,
     holdup, inhibition, injunction, interdict, lag, lapse,
     legal restraint, letdown, letup, minus acceleration, monopoly,
     obstruction, plunge, prohibition, protection, protectionism,
     protective tariff, rationing, rein, remission, restraint,
     restraint of trade, retardation, retardment, retreat, retrenchment,
     self-control, setback, slack-up, slackening, slowdown, slowing,
     slowing down, slowup, slump, subsidence, tariff wall,
     thought control, wane